The Adversity Quotient Experiences in a New Normal Way of Life After the Outbreak of the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic Among Members of Banthaprong Community in Phitsanulok Province

Abstract

          The objective of this research was to study the adversity quotient experiences in a new normal way of life after the outbreak of the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic among members of Ban Thaprong community in Phitsanulok province. This research was a qualitative research based on the phenomenological approach. The main informants were 10 members of Ban Thaprong community in Phitsanulok province. They were purposively selected based on some selection criteria, The employed data collecting instrument was an interview. Data were analyzed with content analysis to derive at inductive conclusions for answering the research objective.
Research found that the members of Ban Thaprong community had main experiences that could be divided into two main issues as follows: 1) the obstacles in the new normal way of life that could be classified into the following four aspects: (1) the physical obstacles comprising the long Covid symptoms or the symptoms occurring after the infection of Coronavirus 2019, and the recession of physical health; (2) the mental obstacles comprising the worry about one’s own health and the health of one’s own family members, and the worry about one’s own occupation and income; (3) the social adjustment obstacles comprising the self-adjustment as a result of the enforcement of the state sector’s measures to prevent the society from being infected by the disease; and (4) the occupational obstacles comprising the impacts from the state sector’s measures on engaging in occupations, the impacts on monthly income, and the impacts on the transformation of the occupational models; and 2) the adversity quotient experiences in a new normal way of life could be classified into the following four aspects: (1) the adversity quotient experiences in the physical health aspect comprising the self-conduct based on the measures for physical health, the physical restoration, and the health-care; (2) the adversity quotient experiences in the mental health aspect comprising the management of the worry on mental health, and the management of the worry on engaging in the occupation and the monthly income; (3) the adversity quotient experiences in the social adjustment aspect comprising the self-conduct based on the measures for social adjustment; and (4) the adversity quotient experiences in the engagement in occupations aspect comprising the self-conduct based on the measures for engagement in occupations, the transformation of the work performance model, and the management of the impacts on monthly income and the transformation of occupations.